diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index dd2f27b..6c4ec37 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ properties([
     pipelineTriggers([scos.dailyBuildTrigger()]),
     parameters([
         booleanParam(defaultValue: false, description: 'Deploy to development environment?', name: 'DEV_DEPLOYMENT'),
-        choice(name: "LOCATION", choices: ['marysville', 'columbus'], description: 'Location to deploy.')
+        choice(name: "LOCATION", choices: ['marysville', 'columbus'], description: 'Location to deploy.'),
+        string(name: 'MAX_UNITS', defaultValue: '10', description: 'If not deploying to prod, defines the number of RSUs from the list to deploy.')
     ])
 ])
 
@@ -23,11 +24,11 @@ node ('infrastructure') {
         scos.doCheckoutStage()
 
         doStageIfDeployingToDev('Deploy to Dev') {
-            deployTo(environment: 'dev')
+            deployTo(environment: 'dev', extraArgs: "--set commService.maxUnits=${params.MAX_UNITS}")
         }
 
         doStageIfMergedToMaster('Deploy to Staging') {
-            deployTo(environment: 'staging')
+            deployTo(environment: 'staging', extraArgs: "--set commService.maxUnits=${params.MAX_UNITS}")
             scos.applyAndPushGitHubTag('staging')
         }
 
diff --git a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index 9cab99b..2e84aa7 100644
--- a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{{- $maxUnits := default 99999999 .Values.commService.maxUnits -}}
-{{- $rsuLimit := len .Values.commService.rsu | min $maxUnits -}}
-{{- $sublist := slice .Values.commService.rsu 0 $rsuLimit -}}
+{{- $totalUnits := len .Values.commService.rsu -}}
+{{- $maxUnits := default $totalUnits .Values.commService.maxUnits -}}
+{{- $sublist := slice .Values.commService.rsu 0 $maxUnits -}}
 {{- range $i, $rsu := $sublist }}
 {{- $suffix := $rsu | replace "_" "-" | lower -}}
 apiVersion: batch/v1beta1
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
   {{ $randomInt := randNumeric 3 | atoi -}}
   schedule: "{{ mod $randomInt 59}} * * * *"
   concurrencyPolicy: Replace
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
+  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 0
   failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
   replicas: {{ $.Values.replicaCount }}
   selector:
@@ -72,4 +72,37 @@ spec:
             {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
 ---
-{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{- end }}
+
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ $.Values.location }}-unit-placeholder"
+spec:
+  replicas: {{ sub $totalUnits $maxUnits }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: "{{ $.Values.location }}-unit-placeholder"
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: "{{ $.Values.location }}-unit-placeholder"
+        image: "busybox:latest"
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        command: ["tail", "-f", "/dev/null"]
+        resources:
+          {{- toYaml $.Values.resources | nindent 10 }}
+        livenessProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+            - cat
+            - /dev/null
+          initialDelaySeconds: 5
+          periodSeconds: 5
+        readinessProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+            - cat
+            - /dev/null
+          initialDelaySeconds: 5
+          periodSeconds: 5